The study of proto-magnetar winds

Yan-Jun Chen, Ye-Fei Yuan

Abstract


The velocity profiles and properties of proto-magnetar winds are investigated. It is found that the corotation of wind matter with magnetic field lines significantly affects r-process nucleosynthesis and could lead to long duration γ-ray bursts and hyper-energetic supernovae.



Keywords


stars: neutron— stars: winds, outflows— supernovae: general— stars: magnetic fields — nuclear reactions, nucleosynthesis, abundances

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